Dear Buddha, I’d Like A Pony And A Plastic Rocket

Ever just toss and turn? Can’t get comfy enough to go to sleep? Then when you do manage to fall asleep, your dreams are so active that you can’t actually tell if you’re just thinking while you sleep or having a bad tuna dream. ARRG! So now I am up drinking green tea. I’ve already cleaned out the fire place and got a fresh pyramid of flames going; which are now slowly warming up the living room. Mmmmm… So fire + warm green tea = good so far. Tormented the cats *check* Parakeets fed *check* Cats tormented more *check* Looked for more jobs *check* Put together semi-lucid thoughts for blog = I’m working on it!

So, Dear Buddha, I’d like a pony and a plastic rocket. If you’re any kind of a Firefly/Serenity fan, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t heard of Firefly or the movie Serenity, then y’all need to get out from under your rock and find the series and the movie. Watch the Firefly series first though, it’s not necessary in the big scheme of things, but it helps make the movie that much more enjoyable. BTW, for friends and family, we usually have viewing privileges for a small fee of pop corn and chocolate tolls. The cats are just a perk for your viewing pleasure! This time of year also includes a warm glowing fireplace, but I’m sure we’ll put you to work for firewood chopping either in the garage or out on the patio. Complete your viewing marathon with tasty tea or coffee bevies! There many flavors and varieties to choose from. I could even be bribed to make some Turkish Coffee as well, but that involves buying me dinner or pie from Julie’s Ranch House.

So no new job prospects yet. Julie is allowing me to come back to work for the restaurant, but not sure how fast that will help out or not. I can file for unemployment starting the 30th this month. Not sure how that will help either. The formula for figuring out how much money you get each week is not conducive to paying the bills! It’s something like the average of the highest paid quarter of the previous 12 months. Hmmm, if you mainly had unemployment bennies as your main income the first 6 months of the year, it’s not looking like you’ll get to maintain the same benefit amount the following year. Slowly dwindling down your income to the minimum benefit of a whole whopping $50 a week! Arrg!

So sometime after the first of the year, I get to do some skills testing for Subaru. I’ve made it to the second phase so far, have to complete the second phase, but that’s scheduled for the 3rd of January. Yippy! After that, I’m sure there’s going to be more fun to be had. It’s not a job I really care to have in the long run, but a short term fix would be most helpful to me. Then again, I have a bachelor’s degree. I would hope that counts for something in a place like that. I can even type; I can be a helpful office monkey. Office work = a job I wouldn’t mind having. I’m a trainable monkey as far as they’re concerned; just like the 10,000 + other applicants out there hoping to get into Subaru. Joyeeeeeeeeee!

Meanwhile, I continue to work on hourly stuff on the side in order to make ends meet. I have a small amount of leeway with it, but there’s not much of a margin for screwing around or the bills just don’t get paid and then I’m not a happy camper and then I’m cranky and then poor Adam has to deal with the crankiness and the bitchiness. I suppose there is the added benefit of occasional cuddles and dinner cooked when he gets home from work, but even that gets old when I’m cranky and bitchy and grumbly.

Time to go “work” now, make more tea, then work. NEED MORE CAFFEINE! =)

Tammolly ~In a funk

...So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
I'm still an angel to a girl who hates to sin...